Conductor s time or transfer punch



(No Model.)

S. ADLER.

CONDUCTORS TIME 0R TRANSFER PUNCH.. n No. 362,240. Patented May 3, 1887.

UNITED STATES PAT-ENT OFFICE.

SOLOMON ADLER, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

CON'DUOTORS TIME OR TRANSFER PUNCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 362,240, dated May 3,1887.

Application filed August 19, 1886. Serial No. 211,352. (No model.)

To all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, SOLOMON ADLER, of the city and county of SanFrancisco, State of California, have invented an Improvement inConductors7 Time or Transfer Punches 5 and I hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to the class of punches to be used bycar-conductors to indicate upon a ticket a factor series of facts theknowledge of which is important.

My invention consists in the construction and combination of devices,which I shall hereinafter fully describe and claim.

The object of my invention is to provide for the proper issuance and useof what are known as transfer-tickets." These are issued by theconductor at points of transfcr,and usually under the conditions thatthey are good only at those points and for that trip, but theseconditions are notobserved by the traveling public, and their use is byno means confined to the continuous-trip for which they are issued. Thisabuse of the tickets by the public natu rally leads to the abuse by theconductors in their issuance, and as a consequence it not unfrequentlyhappens that the tickets pass as currency in a great many shops andplaces.

My punch, which will indicate upon the transfer-ticket itself the exacttime when it is issued,or the time up to which it is good when used inconnection with a rule of the company limiting the use of the ticket toa certain number of minutes or other specified short time after itsissuance or up to the time indicated, will avoid these abuses.

Referring to the accompanying drawi ngs for a more complete explanationof myinvention, Figure l is a perspective view of my punch, theinking-ribbon L being broken to show the dial. Fig. 2 is a sectionthrough the cylinder.

Figs. 3 and 4 show the obverse and reverse faces of thetransfer-tickets.

A is the punch-stock, having the usual spring-actuated handles and thejaw a and opposing jaw a. Connected with the jaw a is an open-endedcylinder, B, the ends of which are turned inwardly to form flanges b,uponl the faces of which are formed or otherwise marked or attached thegures or symbols necessary to constitute a time-dial, C. These dials areat each end of the cylinder and correspond in position. Upon the face ofthe outerdial is a symbol, character, Or number, D, indicating theconductor. Through the center of the cylinder passes a spindle, E, theinner end of which, for security, is seated in the jaw a, and upon thisspindle are loosely pivoted wings or plates F, which are independent ofeach other and have a movement with the spindle as a center. Connectedby strips g with each end of each vwing F is a hand, G, the center ofwhich is pivoted upon the spindle. There are therefore four hands, twoof which are longer than the other two, thus constituting themminute-hands,while the others forni the hourhands. Those in frontcorrespond precisely in position to those at the back, and the forwardtwo are adjusted to therequired position by the movement of the backpair through the connecting-wings, so that by setting the latterpairproperly the forward pair will indicate the time, as on aclock-face.

` In the forward end of the cylinder is mounted Aa small thumb-shaft,H,whicli carries upon its inner end a disk, I, on the periphery of whichare formed or secured the characters A. M. and I. M., which charactersare on the same level as the characters of the dial. By turning thethumb-shaft these characters may be brought to position, and held bymeans of a small pin, J, passing into the disk from the' outside.Screwed upon the outer end of the cylinder is a ring, K, over which isstretched an inking-diaphragm, L, which entirely covers the face of theouter dial and other characters. The opposing jaw a of the punch isprovided with aplain resisting-platedlI. Upon the inner end of thespindle E is seated a nut, N, which when moved down binds the hands sothat they cannot turn. I

In order to fully understand the operation of my punch, I call attentionto Figs. 3, 4, in which is illustrated a transfer-ticket. On this ticketappears the title of the company issuing it, the day and year, and alsosuch` other matteras is usually on these ticketsfor example, thestatement that the transfers are issued and received only at the pointof issuance. In addition to these matters upon the ticket, I havesuitably placed thereon, here shown as being on the reverse side, a timecondition-for example, the words this ticket good for fifteen minutesfrom the time indicated,77 or this transfer good up to time indicated.When the car reaches the junction, the conductor, after observing thetime, loosens the nut N, and taking hold of the inner pair of hands ofthe cylinder he turns them to the proper time. This movement of theinner hands through the pivoted wings F causes a corresponding movementof the outer hands, so that said outer hands point to the correct timeupon the outer dial. He has, of course, previously fixed themeridian-disk. He now places a transfer-ticket between the jaws of thepunch and presses it. The exact face of Ythe dial, the symbol,character, or number of the conductor issuing the ticket, the positionof the hands, and the morning or afternoon are by means of theinking-diaphragm impressed upon the face of the ticket, so that theexact time when it is issued appears thereon. If the ticket is good uptothe time indicated, the conductor of course sets the hands forward farenough to provide for the proper number of minutes during which theticket is of value.

It is obvious that instead of having the inking-diaphragm I might formthe figures upon the dial, and such other symbols or parts which have tobe transferred to the ticket, with sharp edges, thus making them cuttingsurfaces, which Would be embedded in or would pass through the ticket.The result would be the same, as in either case the exact time when theticket is issued or the time up to which it is good is impressed uponthe ticket.

The receiving-conductor,when the ticket is presented to him, can readilydetermine whether it is used 'within the proper time; and when theticket is returned to the office there is a general check, by reason ofthe fact that the conductor who issued the ticket 1s known and the timewhen he passed thejunction is plainly indicated.

Having thus describedv my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, isfl. In a conductors time or transfer punch,the cylinder B, connected with one of the jaws, having correspondingtime-dials C at each end,

in combination with the central spindle, E, the L Aback end of thespindle, for fixing the hands,-

substantially as herein described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

soLoMoN ADLER.

Witnesses:

LEOPOLD ALTscHUR, L. MEININGER.

